OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Judicial Departments Judges of the Missouri Supreme Court page 133 C. A. LEEDY, Jr., Kansas City (Democrat). Born in Benton, Scott County, Missouri, May 20, 1895, a son of CHARLES A. and LAURA (GRAY) LEEDY. Educated in the public and high schools of Cameron, Mo., and Plattsburg, Mo., and Missouri Wesleyan College. Studied law at St. Joseph Law School, St. Joseph, Mo., and under Judge Alonzo D. Burnes of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Missouri, while serving as court reporter for that circuit from 1912 to 1925, except during 1918 and 1919, when he was in the military service. He served as official reporter of the proceedings of the Peace Conference in Paris and Versailles, which resulted in the Treaty of Versailles, ending the war. Was admitted to the bar at Plattsburg in June, 1922. In 1925, he moved to Kansas City and formed an association with his brother, H.G. LEEDY, and continued in general practice of law until February 14, 1933, when he was appointed by Governor Park as Judge of the Missouri Supreme Court, Division No. 2, for a term ending December 31, 1934, to succeed the late Judge Clarence A. Burney. Nominated without opposition at the August 1934, primary, he was elected in November of that year to succeed himself, his term expiring December 31, 1942. He was married February 15, 1920, in Plattsburg to Miss AGNES HUDSON, and they have one son, WILLIAM HUDSON LEEDY. Norma